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ID Experts Infographic on Data Breach Trends

ID Experts Infographic

Definitions

Identity Theft: involves the misuse of another individual’s personal identifiable information for fraudulent purposes.

  • Identity theft is the fastest-growing crime in the U.S., affecting 1 in 20 consumers.

Medical Identity Theft: occurs when someone uses an individual’s name and personal identity to fraudulently receive medical services, prescription drugs or goods, including attempts to commit fraudulent billing.

  • Medical identity theft affected 2 million people in the U.S. in 2011.

Data Breach: a security incident in which sensitive, protected or confidential data is copied, transmitted, viewed, stolen or used by an unauthorized individual.  Data Breaches may involve:

  • Credit card numbers
  • Personally identifiable information
  • Protected health information
  • Social Security Number
  • Trade secrets
  • Intellectual property

Who/What’s at Stake?

An identity is stolen every 3 seconds!

  • 5 million Americans were victims of identity theft in 2003.

Posted in Cyber Data Security, Identity Theft Prevention by Identity Theft Speaker .
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